For centuries people have been fascinated by enormous columnar rock formations like the Devil's Postpile in California. The Celts, for example, were convinced that Giant's Causeway, in Northern ...

In ancient times, strange rock formations that display a regular pattern of almost hexagonal sections were sometimes explained as the work of a supernatural stonecutter - maybe even the devil himself ...

HYDERABAD: Miniature columnar Basalt rocks, said to be dated back to 65 million years, were found in the Ginnedhari forest range in Adilabad district. Explorers from the Public Research Institute of ...

There has been a wave of articles over the last few weeks out on the geoblogosphere on columnar jointing in lavas – with many, many great images of columns seen aroundthe world. I thought I’d jump in ...

Visitors to the coast of Northern Ireland have always marveled at the so-called Giant’s Causeway — a field of some 40,000 interlocking basalt columns arranged in a tidy hexagonal pattern. German ...

Miniature columnar basalt rocks, 65 million years old, found in Ginnedhari forest range, Telangana. T Pranay of PRIHAH discovered them. Further study needed to understand their relation to Adilabad, ...

The Giant's Causeway, the 173 acres of hexagonal basalt columns that hug the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, has long been a source of wonder and mystery. How could nature have formed such perfect ...

Mumbai's Gilbert Hill, a 200-foot basalt column formed 66 million years ago from volcanic eruptions, stands as a rare geological monument. Compared to Devil's Tower and Devil's Postpile in the USA, it ...

The Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland is a geometrical and geological marvel ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...